Improvement in tea amd coffee pots



E. B. MANNING.

TEA AND'COFFEE-POT.

No. 178,933. Patented. Junezo, 1876.

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EDWARD B. MANNING, OF NEl/V HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA AND CQFF E E POTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178,938, dated June 20, 1876 application filed May 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. MANNING, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Tea and Coffee Pots;

and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and rep resent, in--.

Figure 1, a side view; Eig. 2, a front view, with a portion of the spout broken oft; and in Fig. 3, a rear View, also showing a vertical section. 1

This invention relates to an improvement in themanufacture of tea and coffee pots, specially to that class in which the body is formed from a hard metal, or metal capable of sustaining-the boiling heat. This class of pots are used only for steeping purposes, because of their plain and unornamental appearance.

The object of this invention is to construct these pots so that they may be ornamental in a high degree, and yet possess the properties for enduring great heat.

The bottoma and body I) are made from a metal capable of withstanding the heat, and, by preference, coated outside and in with a vitreous material, giving to it the appearance of earthen or china ware. Around the pot, at the junction of the body and bottom, an ornamental hoop, c, is placed, and around the top a hoop, d, forming the neck of the pot. These hoops are connected by a vertical strip, 6, in front, and by a similar strip, f, in the rear. To the front strip the spout h is attached, and a packed connection made with the pot. To

the rear strip the handlel is attached, thus forming, as itwere. a frame inclosing the pot.

The cover is applied to. the neck in the usual manner, and as seen in Fi 3.

These trimmings are applied at'ter the body of the pot has been finished, and, being plated or colored metal, form a pleasing contrast with the surface of the body, and the bottom, be ing capable of withstanding great heat, enables the pot to be used upon the stove for steeping purposes, and at the same time'it is a neat and ornamental article of table furniture. 7 Other vertical bands or connections between the upper and lower hoops may be applied, and other hoops applied, if desired.

ln'making sets complete, where the sugarbowl and pitcher are desirable, one of the handles for the sugar-bowl would take the place of the spout, and in the case of the pitcher the spout would simply be nearer the top, and this would be applicable to pitchers of larger character.

The essential t'eatureof the invention is the inclosing-t'rame, to whichthe handle and spout, or handles, may be applied; therefore, by the expression tea pot in the claim, I wish to be understood as embracing analogous articles.

I claim- The herein-described improvement in teapots, consisting of the body with annular bands and vertical connections, combined with handle and spout, or handles, as the case may be, substantially as set forth.

' EDW'ARD B. MANNING. Witnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, CLARA BROUGHTON. 

